Help! Mold!

Hello S.. As for your toys, clean them with a bleech solution, either a cleaner with bleech or water and bleech (90% water, 10% bleech; that is what daycares use). I go to Dollar General and get their off brand of Bleech Cleaner, it works great. And when we had mold on our panneling walls, we used about a bottle spaying it and down in the trim and the mold didn't come back. Have you tried to shampoo your carpet, that might be a good starting point if you can't afford professional cleaners. If you shampoo, be sure to keep running the shampooer until the carpet is dry to the touch, then put a fan on it. As for your AC, un-plug it, leave it off for a good day so that it is dry, then take off the cover and clean it. However, I would NOT touch the coils. And use a bleech based cleaner like I suggested above. Best of Luck!

white vinegar works too, and it doesn't turn things white and is not toxic........ so thats what i use.

My office flooded once and I had to call a mold specialist out to the office. They actually pulled up the carpet and pad and treated them with some type of mold prevention spray and dried the carpet with fans. I would check the phone book and call a specialist. Maybe they'll give you free advise over the phone or can direct you to a website.

You have some serious issues going on there! If there is mold growing in your A/C, you are blowing that all through your house! That thing either needs thrown away or you need to get it cleaned out. Depending on how long the A/C was leaking, you may have mold growing on the underlayment underneath the padding and carpet. I'm not sure what toys you are talking about, but I would say if they just dropped on it and you washed them in HOT water and soap you should be ok. You may also have mold growing in/on the drywall underneath the window. You are right to be concerned. It is something that needs checked into.

I freaked out when we moved into our house and my son was croupy all of the time. I was concerned about mold. I got in touch with a Milford company I happened to drive by...MTM Environmental. They came out for a few hours and tested each level of my home (basement, regular floor, and attic) and tested the outdoor air for comparison. My house actually tested lower than the norm-I was relieved. He was great at giving me ideas for keeping mold out of the bathroom, basement, etc. So, my advice would be to call them or a company like them if you are super concerned about mold in your home. They would probably give you pointers on a variety of things like they did for me. Good luck!
T. F.